ἐπίλογος

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπῐ- (epi-, “on”) +‎ λόγος (lógos, “speech”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἐπῐ́λογος • (epílogos) m (genitive ἐπῐλόγου); second declension

  1. reasoning, inference
  2. the epilogue or concluding portion of a play
  3. the peroration of a speech
  4. a subjoined or explanatory sentence

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ἐπῐ́λογος; τοῦ ἐπῐλόγου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ἐπῐ́λογος
ho epílogos 		τὼ ἐπῐλόγω
tṑ epilógō 		οἱ ἐπῐ́λογοι
hoi epílogoi
Genitive τοῦ ἐπῐλόγου
toû epilógou 		τοῖν ἐπῐλόγοιν
toîn epilógoin 		τῶν ἐπῐλόγων
tôn epilógōn
Dative τῷ ἐπῐλόγῳ
tôi epilógōi 		τοῖν ἐπῐλόγοιν
toîn epilógoin 		τοῖς ἐπῐλόγοις
toîs epilógois
Accusative τὸν ἐπῐ́λογον
tòn epílogon 		τὼ ἐπῐλόγω
tṑ epilógō 		τοὺς ἐπῐλόγους
toùs epilógous
Vocative ἐπῐ́λογε
epíloge 		ἐπῐλόγω
epilógō 		ἐπῐ́λογοι
epílogoi
Notes:

Descendants

  • Latin: epilogus

References

  • “ἐπίλογος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “ἐπίλογος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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